The destructive operation of foul air, tainted provisions, bad water and personal filthiness upon human constitutions : exemplified in the unparalleled cruelty of the British to the American captives at New York during the revolutionary war, on board their prison and hospital ships, in a communication to Dr. Mitchill, dated September 4, 1807 : also a letter to the Tammany society, upon the same subject / by Captain Alexander Coffin, jun., one of the surviving sufferers ; with an introduction, by Charles I. Bushnell.

Author/creator Coffin, Alexander
Other author Bushnell, Charles I. (Charles Ira), 1826-1883.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Priv. print., 1865.
Descriptioniv, [5]-28 p. : front. (port.) pl. ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
General noteAt head of p. 5: from the "Medical repository," vol. XI, p. 260-267.
General note"Only thirty copies printed, ten of which are on fine paper." This copy not numbered.
General note"The prison-ship 'Jersey.' By Charles I. Bushnell": p. [27]-28.
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
General noteSabin no. 14160.
References RLIN, CTRG10081279-B
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
LCCN 16010400

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